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The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.

Diogenes

I am a citizen of the world.
DIOGENES

Citizen Myself World
Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.
DIOGENES

Comfort Deep Education Old Ornament Poor Rich Sober Young
He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about-I am looking for a human.
DIOGENES

Day Himself Human Lamp One Liner Philosophy
Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
DIOGENES

Help Philosophy Poverty Practice Reason Teaching
We come into the world alone and we die alone.
DIOGENES

Alone Come Death World
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
DIOGENES

Belong Drink Myself Wine
Blushing is the color of virtue.
DIOGENES

Blush Color Virtue
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
DIOGENES

Effect Fret Gall Good Honest Man Yourself
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
DIOGENES

Enemy Friend Good Man Preserve Task
When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, “And I sentenced them to stay at home.
DIOGENES

Exile Himself Home People Perspective Stay
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
DIOGENES

Deep Discover Man Philosophy Wise
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
DIOGENES

Different Head Mad Myself Perspective Yourself
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
DIOGENES

Feel Hurt Philosophy
You will become a teacher of yourself when for the same things that you blame others, you also blame yourself.
DIOGENES

Blame Philosophy Teacher Yourself
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
DIOGENES

Poverty Teaching Virtue
In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.
DIOGENES

Face Home Man Place Rich Spit

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